Golf club



Juqe 30, 1925.

W. N. BEAT GOLF CLUB Filed June 10, 1922 Patented June 30, 1925.

WILLIAM N. BEAT, OF CICERO, ILLINOIS.

GOLF CLUB.

Application filed June 10, 1922. Serial No. 567,254.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LWVILLIAM N. BEAT, a subject of the Kingdom of GreatBritain, and a resident of Cicero, Cook County, and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Golf Clubs, ofwhich the following is declared to be a full, clear, and exactdescription. I

This invention relates to golf clubs and its principal object is toincrease the efficiency of golf clubs. 'It relates more particularly tothe heads of golf clubs and one of the objects is to provide a clubhaving a more properly balanced head than has been made heretofore, andto place balancing weights therein in such manner that longer drives maybe obtained, with greater accuracy and precision. Another object is toprovide carriers for the weights, whereby any tendency for the weightsto shift about in the head is completely eliminated. Another object isto provide weights in the head without necessarily increasing the totalweight of the head. With these and other objects and advantages in viewthis invention consists in the several novel features hereinafter fullyset forth and claimed.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing, inwhich:

Fig. 1 is a plan of the head and fragment of the shaft of a golf clubembodying a simple form of the present invention; Fig. 2 is an underplan of the same; Fig. 3 is a side elevation looking in the directionindicated by the arrow 3 in Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a detail vertical crosssection taken in line 4-4 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is an end view of acertain bottom plate forming part of the invention.

Referring to said drawing, the reference character 5 designates the headand 6 a fragment of the shaft of a golf club, embodying one form of thepresent invention. The invention is shown as applied to a driver orbrassie of conventional shape and weight. On the face 7 of the head is afacing 8 which is let into a recess so as to be flush with the.remainder of the face 7. Said facing is secured in place by screws 9 orotherwise as is desired.

Secured in said facing and extending into recesses 11, in the head, areweight carriers 12, that are formed with chambers or recesses 13 inwhich are contained wei hts 14 of comparatively heavy material. T ecarriers 12 extend into the head beyond a vertical plane running throughthe axis of the shaft so that the weights may be disposed on either sideof said plane and at places calcplgted to give'the proper balance to thec u In order to obtain the best possible'results, ltis preferred to usecylindrical carriers, and in order to positively secure them in placeagainst any possible movement relative to the head, they are externallyscrewthreaded as at 15 and are screwed into threaded holes 16 in thefacing and in the recesses 11 of the head. To guard against any shiftingof the weights in the carriers, the metal comprising the weights, isfirst melted and then poured into the chambers of the carriers, and ifdesired the open ends of the carriers are hammered over the adjacentends of the weights. While three weight carriers are illustrated, in thedrawing this is not material as more or less of these may be employed,and they and the weights contamed therein, may be made larger or smalleras is found desirable.

For certain clubs, a light bottom plate 17 may be let into the bottom ofthe head, and secured thereto by screws 18. The plate is shown In theform of a thistle, but this is immaterial. It is formed with acomparatively thick and wide lug or block 19 at one end which is letinto the side of the head opposite the face 7 and its rear face issynnnetrically .curved and lies substantially flush with the contiguousside of the head.

As a preference, the facing 8, carriers 12, and plate 17 are made ofaluminum, in order not to increase the total weight of the head beyondthat which it would normally weigh, but the weights are formed ofheavier metal, such for instance, as of lead or the like which can bereadily melted and poured into the chambers of the carriers.

By disposing the weights as shown a greater driving effect is obtained,the club is better balanced, there is no possibility of any shifting ofthe weights when once installed, its weight is not increased beyond thatrequired for a club of given size and in actual use it has been found tomeet the demands of the most exacting golf players.

More or less variation of the exact details of construction is possiblewithout departing from the spirit of this invention; I desire,therefore, not to limit myself to the exact form of the constructionshown and de .v scribed, but intend, in the following claims,

to point out all of the invention disclosed herein.

I claim as new and desire to secure b Letters Patent:

1. In a golf club, a golf club head having a threaded bore thereinextending transversely thereof, and part way therethrough between thefront and back, and balancing means for said head comprising anexternally threaded Weight carrier threadedly secured in said bore andhaving a bore extending lengthwise, and part way therethrough so as toleave a solid head at its a front end, and a body of relatively heavymetal contained in said bore.

2. In a golf club, a golf club head having a group of threaded borestherein extending inward from its driving face, and balancing means forsaid head comprising a group of externally threaded weight carriersthread edly secured in said bores, each weight carrier being bored partway therethrough from end to end, so as to leave a solid head at itsfront end, and bodies of relatively heavy metal one cast in the bore ofeach weight carrier.

In a golf club, a golf club head, having a metal facing let into thedriving face of the head and flush therewith, there being a group ofthreaded bores extending in from the driving face of said facing andextending part wa through the head of the club, an externa ly threadedweight carrier threadedly secured in said bores, each weight carrierbeing bored lengthwise of itself, and part way through so as to leave asolid head at its front end, and bodies of relatively heavy metal, one.contained in the bore of each weight carrier.

4. In a golf club, a golf club head having a threaded bore thereinextending transversely thereof and part way therethrough between thedriving face and back of the head, an externally threaded weight carrierhaving a bore therein extending in from one end only, a weight containedin said bore, said threaded weight carrier being threadedly secured insaid threaded bore of the head, the bottom face in said head beingformed with a recess, and a bottom plate formed of aluminum led intosaid recess and terminating at the lower edge of the driving face of thehead, said bottom plate being flush with the bottom face of the head andacting to protect the bottom of the balanced head Without adding anyappreciable weight thereto.

WILLIAM N. BEAT.

